Mr. Lange died Sunday, Nov. 16, 2003, at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Kan. He was born Dec. 28, 1952, in Lawrence, the son of Virgil T. and Violet May (Heater) Lange.

Mr. Lange was raised in Jarbalo and graduated from Tonganoxie High School. He attended Northeast Kansas Technical College in Atchison.

He was a carpenter at the Foster Cabinet Shop in Leavenworth and he had farmed with his father on the family farm. He previously had worked at the Farris Floral Shop and for the grounds division at Fort Leavenworth.